Contact Altoona

Analysis

Contact Altoona is a registered charity in United States, based in Altoona, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover mental health and crisis intervention, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Contact Altoona reported income of $144k and spending of $116k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income grew from $130k to $144k (+11%), an average of +3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Contact Altoona sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile, and in the 44th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hope Valley-Helping Others Through Personal Experiences ($144k), Cowboys for Cancer Research Inc ($144k) and Central Park Medical Unit Inc ($144k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 51% and program service revenue 44% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $38k (32% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $13k. At year end it held assets of $461k against liabilities of $16k, net assets of $445k.